Bandit 1200 Carbs

[xschop]

Anybody have any info on these. I have been scouring net, forums trying to find the carb spacing info. I haven't seen anyone post about these here before....I want better carbs for the 1200 big bore kit

[stevec5000]

I used the carbs from a '96 Katana GSX1100 on my 1100 Special. They are the same as the ones on a Bandit except for a few jet changes. The stock jets in the '96 Katana GSX1100 carbs worked but I had to make some spacers to mount them. Diameter is the same but spacing is slightly different. Info on how I did that is here: www.arizonasteve.netfirms.com/XS1100Carbs/

[xschop]

bandit carbs

so the earlier bandit 1200 carbs would space-out correctly since the bandit engine was basically a gsxr motor from the start?

[stevec5000]

No, the 1200 carbs won't space-out correctly. The center two are too far apart and you have to shorten the supports so they butt up together. It's not hard to do though.

[xschop]

ok

I see. I wasn't sure about the 1200 bandit carbs because I have a pristine set of Bandit 1200 headers (stainless) going on my final chop and the middle two headers need to move in by that much to match the XS head.

[snowdog51]

headers

xschop are you going to cut them and weld them to fit.
as ever bill

[xschop]

zacly

exactly. the inner two headers are have a junction before the collector and the outters do too.